SPECIAL REPORT: Could Acrylamide Prevent Cancer?

Yesterday the British Journal of Cancer released a study, the first of its kind, that looked for a real-life (not just theoretical) connection between cancer rates and acrylamide-rich foods. The study, a cooperation between Harvard University and a Swedish research institute, found:

But now CSPI’s worst-case rhetoric has been shot full of holes, in a study whose lead researcher, Harvard’s Dr. Lorelei Mucci, tells MSNBC:
Target=_blank>“The amount of acrylamide people are taking in is probably not sufficient to increase the risk of cancer.” CSPI would definitely have egg on its face today, were it not for all that darned cholesterol.